Dear readers,
You must have noticed that questions from Agriculture current affairs on Major Crops of India & their Producing States that are generally asked in competitive exams making it a very important topic for you to study. So here Examin lists down the most important crops and their producing states.
CROPS OF INDIA
|
States |
Crops |
Soil Used |
|
Bihar |
Rice, Wheat, Maize, Pulses, Vegetables, Fruits, Sugarcane, Jute |
Sandy Loam soil, Loam soil, Clay soil, Clay Loam soil |
|
Chhattisgarh |
Rice, Maize, Wheat, Niger, Groundnut, Pulses |
Red & Yellow soil, Red Sandy soil, Red Loam soil, Black Cotton soil, Laterite soil, |
|
Gujarat |
Rice, Wheat, Jowar, Bajra, Maize, tur, Gram, Cotton, Groundnuts, Dates, Sugarcane |
Black soil, Alluvial soil, Hill soil, Desert soil |
|
Haryana |
Sugarcane, Barley, Jowar, Bajra, Gram, Rice, Wheat, Mustard, Cotton |
Salt Affected soil, Alkali Soil, Saline soil |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
Off-season vegetables, vegetables seeds, potato & ginger besides soybean, oilseeds, pulses, fruits |
Sedimentary soil, Brown soil, Brownish soil |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
Paddy, Wheat, Maize, Barley, Bajra, Jowar, Gram, Apple, Walnuts |
Brown Forest soil, Grey Brown Podzolic soil, Red & Yellow Podzolic soil, Hills Forest soil, Mountain Meadow soil, Saline Alkali soil, Alluvial soil |
|
Jharkhand |
Rice, Ragi, Maize, Wheat, Redgram, Niger, Fruits |
Red soil, Micacious soil, Sandy soil, Black soil, Laterite soil |
|
Karnataka |
Paddy, Jowar, Ragi, Maize, Sunflower, sugarcane, Cotton, Tobacco |
Red soil, Lateritic soil, Black soil, Alluvio-Colluvial soil, Forest soil, Coastal soil |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
Wheat, Maize, Jowar, Gram, Tur, Urad, Moong, Soybean, Groundnuts, Mustard, Cotton, Sugarcane |
Black soil, Red & Yellow soil, Alluvial soil, Laterite soil, Mixed soil |
|
Maharashtra |
Rice, Jowar, Bajra, Wheat, Pulses, Cotton, Sugarcane, Several Oil Seeds, Sunflower, Groundnuts & Soybean |
Black-Cotton soil, Kali soil, Morad soil, Pather soil, |
|
Punjab |
Wheat, Rice, Maize, Barley, Pulses, Rapeseed and Mustard, Sunflower, Oil Seeds, Sugarcane, Cotton, Fruits, Vegetables |
Flood plain soil, Loamy soil, Sandy soil, Desert soil, Kandi Soil, Sierozems, Sodic and Saline soil |
|
Rajasthan |
Wheat, Sugarcane, Bajra, Baley, Jowar, Maize, Chili, Cotton, Mango, Rice, Vegetables, Groundnut, Oil seeds, Pulses |
Sandy soil, Saline soil, Alkaline soil, Chalky soil, Clay soil, Loamy soil, Black Lava soil, Nitrogenous soil |
|
Uttar Pradesh |
Fruits, Vegetables, Spices, Floriculture, Medicinal/aromatic plants, others like Betel vine, Mushroom, Honey production |
Alluvium soil, Sandy soil, Clayey Soil, Red & Black soil |
|
West Bengal |
Rice, Jute, Tea, Potatoes, Oilseeds, Betel, Vine, Tobacco, Wheat, Barley, Maize |
Laterite soil, Red soil, Alluvial soil, Coastal soil, Terai soil, Colluvial soil |
Food Grains of India
|
Crop |
State |
|
Wheat |
(1) U.P. |
|
Jowar |
(1) Maharashtra |
|
Pulses |
(1) M.P. |
|
Rice |
(1) West Bengal |
|
Bajra |
(1) Rajasthan |
|
Maize |
(1) Andhra Pradesh |
|
Overall total food grains |
(1) U.P. |
Oil Seeds grown in India
|
Crop |
Rank of State |
|
Groundnut |
(1) Gujarat |
|
(2) Andhra Pradesh |
|
|
(3) Tamilnadu |
|
|
Mustard |
(1) Rajasthan |
|
(2) U.P. |
|
|
(3) Haryana |
|
|
Overall total oil seeds |
(1) Madhya Pradesh |
|
(2) Maharashtra |
|
|
(3) Rajasthan |
|
|
Soya bean |
(1) Madhya Pradesh |
|
(2) Maharashtra |
|
|
(3) Rajasthan |
|
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Sunflower |
(1) Karnataka |
|
(2) Andhra Pradesh |
|
|
(3) Maharashtra |
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